RWANDA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,332	4	3,605	+ 3,726
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,899	1	5,280	+ 1,620
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,173	11	1,858	+ 3,315
Kidney Disease	4	4,684	15	1,206	+ 3,478
Liver Disease	5	4,242	8	2,548	+ 1,694
Stroke	6	3,618	2	5,060	- 1,442
Violence	7	3,292	29	548	+ 2,744
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,005	3	3,718	- 714
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,953	6	3,121	- 1,168
Other Injuries	10	1,840	17	944	+ 896
Malnutrition	11	1,478	16	1,168	+ 310
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,460	25	657	+ 803
Lung Disease	13	1,419	13	1,555	- 136
Alcohol	14	1,342	49	125	+ 1,217
Liver Cancer	15	1,317	23	706	+ 611
Low Birth Weight	16	1,238	9	2,193	- 955
Stomach Cancer	17	1,172	20	780	+ 392
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,132	12	1,777	- 645
Birth Trauma	19	1,094	10	1,888	- 794
Falls	20	1,023	31	412	+ 611
HIV/AIDS	21	875	7	2,826	- 1,950
Suicide	22	776	24	704	+ 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	768	33	362	+ 406
Prostate Cancer	24	631	32	396	+ 235
Cervical Cancer	25	603	18	941	- 338
Hypertension	26	507	14	1,357	- 850
Leukemia	27	448	35	317	+ 131
Breast Cancer	28	370	27	600	- 230
Endocrine Disorders	29	362	41	219	+ 143
Maternal Conditions	30	350	21	722	- 373
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	346	28	591	- 245
Drownings	32	346	36	285	+ 61
Epilepsy	33	345	45	191	+ 154
Parkinson's Disease	34	293	47	146	+ 147
Lung Cancers	35	292	39	234	+ 58
Asthma	36	250	22	717	- 467
Tuberculosis	37	225	26	625	- 400
Pancreas Cancer	38	210	43	214	- 3
Poisonings	39	205	40	220	- 15
Drug Use	40	203	60	45	+ 158
Meningitis	41	202	19	847	- 645
Skin Disease	42	173	52	103	+ 70
Lymphomas	43	171	30	450	- 279
Inflammatory/Heart	44	168	34	347	- 179
Fires	45	155	38	270	- 115
Skin Cancers	46	146	50	113	+ 33
Appendicitis	47	122	54	70	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	48	107	44	213	- 106
Oral Cancer	49	106	37	272	- 166
Ovary Cancer	50	99	53	92	+ 7
Encephalitis	51	77	61	39	+ 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	61	63	23	+ 38
Pertussis	53	52	42	218	- 166
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	46	48	136	- 90
Bladder Cancer	55	43	62	35	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	56	31	64	16	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	57	25	57	58	- 33
Dengue	58	24	72	0	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	59	20	56	58	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	60	15	66	7	+ 8
Chagas disease	61	14	79	0	+ 14
Tetanus	62	7	58	53	- 45
Ascariasis	63	5	67	5	+ 1
Syphilis	64	2	46	173	- 170
Hepatitis B	65	2	55	68	- 66
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	12	- 11
Chlamydia	67	2	70	2	- 1
War	68	2	69	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	4	- 4
Diphtheria	71	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	59	51	- 51
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	111	- 111
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Guatemala

Rwanda

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.